. >> it's just east of the blue water bridge, port huron, sarnia and then the 402. this is a major interstate highway. comes toward london. it is the fetch of the snow that happened over the weekend and in fact was still happening as of this morning. we talk about buffalo. getting a big lake effect snows because the river of air goes along the lake then dumps into buffalo. >> gets it from all sides. >> well, this is even a bigger lake. lake huron. it's warmer. you get all of that water and it dumps the snow right there and that's where these people are stranded. now, for 24 hours at least, the police shut the 402 and said, get off. these people went into the hinterlands, trying to find a way home and they are stuck as well. >> let's join on the phone, the mayor of sarnia, mike bradley. mayor, good to talk to you. how are things around sarnia right now? >> to the east, towards london, it's quite severe. quite brutal. it's been going on for at least 36 hours. >> what's the issue right now? there's a lot of snow -- where are people stuck? mostly on the 402 or the roads

here is sarnia. here is detroit back here. right across this 402, people saying they can see the lights of the airport, but they knew they couldn't get there because simply it was absolutely too treacherous to go outside for hours and hours and hours. >> very dangerous conditions. chad, do we think -- we saw last winter, it was pretty rough at least in washington, d.c., we had three feet of snow a couple of times. what are we looking at this winter? does it look like it will be even worse? >> we're not in winter yet. >> what do you predict. >> it's still fall. >> what do you predict, chad? if this is fall, what's winter going to be? >> that's exactly right. that's why the shoppers are buying gloves and hats. it appears this part of the united states could be colder than normal. it's been hot out west. it was hot enough out west to make a tornado that hit on the ground in oregon. not a place you think about as tornado alley. here are the latest pictures, literally minutes ago, kptv, our affiliate from portland flew near salem,

this is sarnia just north of the great lakes. so, you know, this tells you the story.the same system that buried the midwest and is now, obviously, causing some major problems north of the border in canada. so we'll keep our eyes on this picture, just incredible pictures of 360 vehicles stuck on highway 402 just outside of sarnia, ontario. this is janice dean. jon: and this fox news alert, we're just getting this from capitol hill. house majority leader steny hoyer is saying he expects the senate will pass the tax extenders bill sometime this afternoon. now, what about the house? he says house democrats are going to get together tonight in their caucus to discuss the bill. hoyer says the overwhelming support for the vote in the senate conveys something of an you are urgency to act in order to prevent a tax hike for the middle class. that would come january 1st if two houses can't get together, but he is not ruling out changes to the bill though. the house especially does not like the lower numbers on the estate tax, apparently. he seems to suggest that there would be o

connects the northern part of michigan right through here, here's the thumb of michigan and goes to sarnias the blue water bridge. just east of that, there are 300 vehicles that have not moved for over 24 hours. my old affiliate is there. they are bringing helicopters in and out of this place dropping sandwiches and pop. >> soda. >> call it what you want. things are trying to move today with the sunshine, but people have been stranded in vehicles for 24 hours. one ireporter saying he was in his car, out of gas, knocked on the truck behind, says, i hear your diesel's running, do you mind if i hop in. we talk ab the lake effect snow, but there's a giant lake right there. lake huron can really dump the snow. it's that steam you might see on a lake in the morning. that mist is the moisture that the snow machine uses to put that snow down across parts of the land as it comes across the blue water into the land, makes snow, snow stops, more water here. more snow, then gets into cleveland. live pictures. the national guard out, c-130 planes out there and also helicopters out there trying to save

they have reopened the eastbound lanes of highway 402 just east of sarnia, ontario.opened after hundreds of tourists were stranded monday and tuesday, jenna. 24 hours in their cars. so people were rescued, no one was hurt. i mean, the video is just incredible and, unfortunately they're going to get more blizzard conditions later on today. so people are advised to stay off the roadways. but just incredible video we saw yesterday and thankfully no one was hurt. people were rescued. that is good news. the temperatures still extremely cold north of the border and south of the border all the way down to florida. i know we'll talk to orlando salinas who is in florida. record cold temperatures overnight last night and again tonight. windchills, what it feels like if you're outdoors and not protected, minus 3 feels like in minneapolis. they were dumped on with record-breaking snow a couple days ago. feels like 10 in des moines. because of that cold air that's what we're dealing with the freezing rain or sleet across the south. dozens and dozens of accidents across mississipp

and the first one we talked about were the pictures near sarnia. that is canada. that's ontario.the other side is port huron. right on down 69 and 94 you're either going to get to the middle part of michigan or down to detroit. so we're not talking all that far north and west of detroit. all of a sudden, this snow came down from lake huron and stranded people and they are still stranded in many areas. we're still seeing cold air across parts ever the upper midwest and so on and so on. but that was the worst. you wanted to pick the worst. people ask why don't you ever talk about san diego? because it's sunny and 72. that's not a news story. i'm sorry. i'm not going to be able to make anything out of that. when i talk about your town, it's a bad thing so watch what you ask for. here's the rain seattle down to olympia. there's salem and there's that cell. take it one more time right through there. that big red dot right through there. >> that was the tornado. >> >> that was the tornado. we'll continue to watch to see what happens there. >> what about the south? we saw the pictures o

down where these guys are stuck, east of chicago, near detroit, coming off of lake huron across from sarnias a long event too for cleveland. seeing snow into buffalo. this is what we call streamers. see how they're kind of in line. those lines all of a sudden you're driving, it's clear, and five miles later, you can't see the road. you don't know where the road is. you're looking for the pole on the side to keep your car straight. that's literally how blinding it can be at times. same story for i-90. we heard about the horror stories a couple of weeks ago. people moving around buffalo. and believe it or not, we've had some lake effect streaming snow all the way down to atlanta. i've seen a couple of snow flurries today, all part of lake michigan, a couple streamers coming down and just kind of glancing atlanta. and if you see eight snow flakes, they cancel school in georgia. >> exactly. >> i heard of a couple of places canceling school today and i went to home depot last night to get some screws and they closed early because it was cold. 23, look out. >> but the reality is, we don't move to